LOOK: Duterte, Robredo as rice paddy art

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President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo are featured in rice paddy art in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. PhilRice

MANILA - Researchers have transformed rice paddies into "art" bearing the images of President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo.

The Philippine Rice Research Institute planted a Korean variety with purple leaves, which helped define the facial features of the country's two highest officials, from a field of green and brown.

Two identical "rice art" designs featuring Duterte and Robredo can be viewed in Los Banos, Laguna and Muñoz, Nueva Ecija.

President Rodrigo Duterte and his campaign logo are shown in rice paddy art in Los Banos, Laguna. PhilRice

Senior civil engineering students from the University of the Philippines-Los Banos helped create the "perfect image alignment," Imelda Olvida, PhilRice Los Banos' Research and Development coordinator, said in a statement.